General He walked up to behind Garp who was sitting cross-legged and called softly:
"Cap."
"It turns out to be Xiaohe..."
There was nothing unusual about Garp’s voice:
"Are you here specifically to see me?"
"almost."
"Hahaha——!" Garp slapped his legs and laughed, his body shaking, as if this was such an interesting thing.
"Stop laughing." Lieutenant General He resisted the urge to roll his eyes and asked, "Are you willing?"
"I'm willing..." Garp raised his head, and the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes became deeper: "The reason why I stay in the navy is not for the World Government, nor for the military rank on my shoulders."
"It's the justice in my heart and the instructions of my old friend before he died..."
At the end of the sentence, the crow's feet at the corners of Garp's eyes faded and he seemed to look away.
The blue sky and cotton-like white clouds remain unchanged.
"You really think so?" Lieutenant General He took a few steps forward, stood next to Garp, and looked down at Garp's profile.
"After the war, I wanted to resign as Vice Admiral, but Sora refused." Garp curled his lips.
Vice Admiral He sighed: "The navy's vitality has been severely damaged. Only a few vice admirals who participated in the war survived. The navy is in a manpower shortage situation. There is no way around it."
"I wish I could break a person into eight pieces and use him. How could he agree to your resignation application?"
"In the end, Sakaski did it." Garp snorted coldly:
"Sakaski's character is too extreme, and the Navy will definitely be destroyed in his hands."
"Don't you just want to resign?" Lieutenant General He glanced at him angrily.
"..." Garp was speechless by Lieutenant General He.
"Alas..." Garp let out a deep breath. He had devoted most of his life to the Navy, so how could he just let it go after decades of service?
Lieutenant General He crossed his arms: "Akainu took advantage of his rising popularity to clear up the different voices within the navy."
"This bastard must have read a lot of books about political struggles."
"But his method is very effective." Lieutenant General He glanced at Garp: "On the grounds of old age, we two old guys were promoted to honorary navy, and the rights in our hands were taken back..."
"The Chief of Staff sounds high-ranking. He is responsible for making suggestions and formulating battle plans, but the final military orders are not given by others..."
"Little Crane, Little Garp——!"
A gentle yet majestic female voice came from behind.
"Gion?" General Tsuru turned around, and a pink figure came into view. As for the other brown figure next to her, it was completely a bonus.
"Really..." Gion walked up to the two of them with his big white legs and complained: "I have been looking for you for a long time!"
"Hahaha, why is it so urgent?"
Gion said dissatisfied: "This is not funny!"
Kake spread out a hand and said: "Gion heard about Garp and Crane, so he came to you specifically to confirm."
Garp shrugged nonchalantly and replied, "Well... everything you heard should be true."
"What?!" Gion said angrily: "What on earth is Sakaski thinking?! Doesn't he know how important you are to the Navy?"
"Indeed." Jia Ji nodded in agreement: "The navy's military strength is already weak, and it has raised and secretly attacked Garp and He, depriving you of the right to lead the army."
"Sakaski should be very clear about what the sign of Navy Hero means!"
Garp spread his hands: "This is what happened."
"..." Seeing Garp's appearance, Gion and Kaki turned their attention to Lieutenant General Tsuru, hoping she could say something.
Lieutenant General He shook his head and said nothing more.
Gion frowned: "Are we going to let Sakaski do whatever he wants in the navy?"
Kake, who had confessed to Gion dozens of times, couldn't help but think: 'Even anger looks so good. '
Lieutenant General He said slowly: "The Navy cannot withstand internal divisions and conflicts."
"..." Gion and Kake sighed after hearing Lieutenant General Tsuru's words.
Although the doves and hawks are at odds, they have one goal in common, which is to fight against pirates.
Nowadays, the pirates are powerful and the navy's strength has dropped to its lowest point in history. The doves who know how to retreat have chosen to give in.
"If there is turmoil within the navy, I can't imagine what will happen next..."
Even though Gion was dissatisfied with Sakaski's approach, what Lieutenant General Tsuru said made sense.
Jiaji suddenly said: "I think President Sakaski has calculated something."
"What do you mean?" Several people turned to look at Jiaji.
Jiaji explained: "In the past few years, the Dawn Pirates' strategy of conquest has been very steady. Every time they occupy a place, they will rule it carefully, from the North Sea at the beginning, to the New World later, and now to the West Sea."
"After the Dawn Pirates removed the G5 branch, which was the nail in the new world, there was no new friction with the navy."
"In other words, the Dawn Pirates' current goal is to occupy the West Sea, not to go to war with the World Government."
Garp rubbed his chin: "Jiaji, what you said makes sense."
"President Sakaski may have noticed this and started cleaning up the navy to quell any possible disturbances before the Dawn Pirates could react."
"..." None of them said anything. Even if Garp could definitely defeat Sakaski, he would not do such a thing.
"Let's not talk about us..." Lieutenant General He smiled and changed the subject: "I haven't congratulated you yet. Are you going to be promoted to general?"
Not counting Garp, Gion and Kake are among the best among the navy's vice admirals in terms of strength. However, the World Government's recruitment campaign has not recruited anyone with more strength than the two of them. Unexpectedly, the vacant admiral position will be replaced. fell on their heads.
In this selection system that respects strength, Sakaski did not deliberately suppress.
"Xiaohe, you are no longer in the navy, why should I be happy about becoming an admiral?"
Lieutenant General Tsuru joked: "Gion, you still want to order me like a superior?"
Gion put his hands on his hips and ignored Lieutenant General He's joke: "Little He, Little Garp, what are your plans for the future?"
Garp slowly spit out one word: "SWORD."
"Garp, you..."
"Anyway, I've retired honorably, and the Navy can't control me anymore." Garp raised his arm and turned it around a few times.
Lieutenant General He said helplessly: "...That's right."
"I plan to use my own way." Garp grinned: "I even feel that 'SWORD' may be more suitable for me!"
"You can attack the Four Emperors without getting orders from above, and you can ignore any orders..." Garp laughed loudly: "I finally don't have to look at the faces of the higher-ups!"
"..." The three of them looked at Garp speechlessly.
"You haven't seen the faces of the higher-ups a few times before, right..." Lieutenant General He complained angrily and frowned again:
"Garp, you're not going to go find the Dawn Pirates alone, are you?"
"No, no." Garp waved his hands repeatedly: "I will not actively seek death."
"By the way, Xiaohe, your granddaughter is in 'SWORD', right?"
"That's right...why do you ask?"
"It's okay, I will take good care of her." Garp said with an expression of "Don't worry while I do the work."
"No need." Lieutenant General He refused coldly: "I believe you will bring her into trouble."
"Also, I want to join 'SWORD' too."
Hearing the unexpected words, Capton's eyes widened.
…
In the office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Sora and Sakaski sat face to face.
The muscles on Sora's arms bulged like rocks. He crossed his arms in front of his chest and said, "Sakaski, is your approach too radical?"
Sakaski said directly: "The Dawn Pirates will not wait for us. If we continue to behave like this, the navy will be defeated sooner or later!"
"While the Dawn Pirates' goal is to conquer the West Sea, reorganizing the navy and reorganizing the army is the top priority!"
Kong sighed secretly. The destruction of tens of thousands of elites in the navy also brought opportunities to Sakaski. Now most of the officers in the navy headquarters were promoted by Sakaski.
Coupled with the fact that the Navy intercepted the Tianlong people's heavenly gold and had sufficient military expenditures, Sakaski's reputation in the Navy has surpassed that of the previous Warring States Period.
However, Sakaski's impression in the minds of the Tianlong people was not good.
Fortunately, Sakaski would not take the initiative to appear in front of the Tianlong people to scold him, and the Five Old Stars also suppressed the Tianlong people to prevent them from causing trouble to Sakaski.
"I said from the beginning that we must destroy the Dawn Pirates when they were weak! But it turned out that the Dawn Pirates couldn't lose their tail."
Kong Moran, if the navy had gathered all its troops to surround and kill the Dawn Pirates from the beginning, would this situation not have happened now?
Sora uncrossed his arms and reached out to pick up the documents on the table. This was the reason why Sakaski came to him, the promotion orders of Momo Usagi and Kake.
"I thought you would make Myhrvold a general."
Myhrvold was a rear admiral who was promoted by Sakaski.
"His strength is far from enough. The death of admirals one after another will seriously damage the morale of the navy. Moreover, Gion and Kake have enough strength and achievements. There is no reason not to become admirals."
"Hmm..." Sora nodded undeniably.
"The two new admirals should boost negative morale."
"Okay, I agree." Kong nodded and stamped his seal.
To be honest, Sora valued Sakaski's resolute and resolute spirit. Such subordinates who strictly abide by military orders will be loved by their superiors.
Maybe it's because I'm getting old, and I can't bring out Sakaski's indomitable momentum, nor can I change this bloated organization.
"Just go ahead and do it." Although I feel sorry for Sengoku by saying this, if he doesn't make changes, Kong firmly believes that the World Government will lose to the Dawn Pirates.
It's better to make drastic improvements than to wait and see.
Sakaski picked up the document with the changed seal and nodded to the sky. He also wanted to report to the Five Old Stars. Even if he was a marshal of the navy, the promotion order to the admiral still required the nodding of the Five Old Stars. It would be appropriate to give this person Five old people share one face.
…
"Sakaski takes us less and less seriously." The voice of the five-old star "Gorbachev" was full of anger.
The five-old star "Lincoln" touched his temples and said: "Let him be proud for a while, we still need his combat power. Once he is useless, we will deal with the disobedient dog."
"That's right." The five old star "Itagaki Taisuke" nodded: "Satan Saint in Egghead said that the Seraph grows very fast and may be put into use in advance."
"This is good news." Wulaoxing, who was bald and wearing a Taoist robe, nodded with satisfaction.
"When will Saint Satan come back?"
"He will bring Seraph back."
"That's right." "Lincoln", the five-year-old star in charge of the intelligence system, took the initiative: "I promoted several former CP9 members to CP0."
"Original CP9?" Five old star "Gorbachev" recalled: "Rob Lucci and others?"
Originally, CP9 was not popular with five people, but Rob Lucci was dubbed "the most powerful killing weapon in the history of CP9", "the strongest man in eight hundred years" and a series of titles. In the future, he will undoubtedly Become the strongest human shield for the Tianlong people.
But things are unpredictable. Rob Lucci and other CP9 members encountered the Straw Hat Gang on Judiciary Island and were completely defeated. They were also framed by Spangdam and his father Spangdyne, and became wanted criminals pursued by the World Government.
"Yes, it's just a few of them."
"They can't even deal with Straw Hat Luffy, but they still have the nerve to show up..."
"Straw Hat is Garp's grandson and Dorag's son. With this kind of blood flowing, Lucci's loss to Straw Hat is not an injustice." Five old star "Lincoln" sighed: "What's more, CP0 has been reducing its manpower in recent years. If they can’t be supplemented, promoting them is helpless.”
I don’t know what happened, but Lu Qi and others were cleared of their guilt and were promoted by the five-old star "Lincoln".
"There won't be another mutiny like Stousy's, right?"
"No." The five-old star "Lincoln" shook his head and said: "CP1 to CP9, as well as the intelligence personnel in CP0, were not brainwashed and trained from orphans. I ordered them to be eliminated."
Stussy's betrayal brought the World Government into disrepute.
But it doesn't matter, after defeating the Dawn Pirates, they can erase this period of history just like they did eight hundred years ago.
After all, a person's life only lasts a few decades. When the next generation comes, who can still remember what happened today?
…
"It's really lively here." Kuzan lifted the shoulder bag on his back and looked at the people on the street with emotion.
As the economic, cultural, and political center, China's mainland is far more prosperous than any other place.
As for the Holy Land Marie Joa, in Kuzan's eyes it was just a whitewashed place filled with ugliness on the inside.
He had just walked through the land soaked by sea water, and his feet were stained with a lot of mud, but Kuzan didn't care.
He strolled down the street, observing.
Suddenly, he noticed a man who shouldn't be standing here, but was standing here.
His short silver hair, open white coat, and two cigars in his mouth all showed that he was who he thought he was.
"Smog?" Kuzan walked over.
"Kuzan?" Smoker didn't expect to meet Qingzhi here, and the two batons in his hands were still swinging back and forth.
Kuzan asked speechlessly: "...What are you doing?"
Smoker replied unconvincingly: "... directing traffic."
Some people died, but not completely...
